An Anthology of the Anthropocene

 

 

The Podcast

We join some of the brightest thought-leaders and visionaries of our time– to uplift a multitude of perspectives, to amplify grassroot voices, and to tell stories that would otherwise disappear in mainstream media. Key topics include the struggle to protect wild nature, to promote ecological renewal and resistance and to heal from the disconnection furthered by consumer culture and human supremacy.

Not only does this work aim to produce an anthology of the Anthropocene, but it also strives to support a new paradigm of earth renewal through conservation and restoration ecology.

Our work is powered by socially aware community, informed by decoloniality and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and committed to working responsibly, at the intersection between social and environmental justice. In these challenging times when access to information about climate change and social resistance are under threat, when the criminalization of dissent is increasing and when scientists are being silenced, the free, independent media are last watchdogs for sharing the truth. This is what we aim to do with the podcast.

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Episodes

 

ZINE
LIBRARY

Delve more deeply into the topics
we discuss in our episodes.

 
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Podcast Music

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We highlight artists whose work is in alignment with our vision.

 
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Podcast Host Ayana Young

Ayana Young is a lover and protector of wild nature and a podcast/radio host specializing in intersectional environmental and social justice, deep ecology, and land-based restoration. As a Founder and the Executive Director of For The Wild, Young is learning deeply from the critical dialogue shared with over 200 guests on the For The Wild podcast, including Dr. Vandana Shiva, Terry Tempest Williams, Dr. Bayo Akomolafe, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Mariame Kaba, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and other thought leaders.

Young has a strong academic background at the intersections of ecology, culture, and spirituality as they graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, double majoring in Art History and Theology and minoring in Philosophy. She went on to study Restoration Ecology at the University of Victoria. Young was continuing her education in Ecology and Eastern Religions at Columbia University when she dropped out amidst the beginnings of the Occupy Wall Street movement, where she co-created the Environmental Working Group.

As a settler of Russian and European descent, she is now working to conserve an entire watershed alongside Indigenous tribes in the coastal redwood range of Northern California. Young approaches her mission with For The Wild with critical thinking, deep reverence, and artistry.

 
 
 

 
I come here for solace and connection, for talks that are so real I know I am not bleeding alone, and for kindness and inclusivity so deep I cannot forget that we are all singing together.
— Podcast Listener